Yangon Airways
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| Founded | 1996 | |||
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| Hubs | Yangon International Airport Mandalay Chanmyathazi Airport |
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| Frequent-flyer program | Elite Club[citation needed] | |||
| Fleet size | 2 | |||
| Destinations | 11 | |||
| Company slogan | You're safe with us[citation needed] | |||
| Parent company | Myanma Airways | |||
| Headquarters | Yangon, Myanmar | |||
| Key people | Kyaw Win (Managing Director) | |||
| Website | www.yangonair.com | |||
Yangon Airways Ltd. is an airline based in Yangon, Myanmar, offering scheduled and chartered domestic flights out of its bases at Yangon International Airport and Mandalay Chanmyathazi Airport. It was suspended from December 2010 but has since restarted operations starting from the 16th of October.
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[edit] History
Yangon Airways was established in 1996[1] as a joint venture between Myanma Airways and Krong-Sombat Co. from Thailand. In 1997, Myanmar May Flower Group (a company owned by ethnic Chinese Kyaw Win) acquired the Krong-Sombat shares.[2][3] In 2000, May Flower Group sold Yangon Airways and the entire portfolio of the May Flower Group to the United Wa State Army.[4][5]
Yangon Airways developed a dubious reputation when reports surfaced that it was owned by the United Wa State Army (a separatist militia involved in the Internal conflict in Burma) and as such actively involved in drug trafficking, which prompted the US Government to have sanctions placed on the airline under the Kingpin Act on 13 November 2008.[6] On December 3, 2010, Yangon Airways had to suspend all flight operations after having its commercial transport license had been withdrawn by the Burmese Department of Civil Aviation.[7] The Irrawaddy claimed this happened due to the affiliation of the airline with the separatists,[8] rather than due to the financial problems the airline had long since suffered from.[2] Yangon Airways' flights will be operated from 16th October, 2011[9]
[edit] Destinations
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Yangon Airways operated scheduled flights to the following dometic destinations:
- Bagan – Nyaung U Airport
- Dawei – Dawei Airport
- Heho – Heho Airport
- Kawthaung – Kawthaung Airport
- Kengtung – Kengtung Airport
- Mandalay – Mandalay International Airport base
- Myeik – Myeik Airport
- Myitkyina – Myitkyina Airport
- Naypyidaw – Naypyidaw Airport
- Tachilek – Tachilek Airport
- Yangon – Yangon Airport base
[edit] Fleet
Yangon Airways operates a fleet of two ATR 72 turboprop airliners. For a short period in early 2001, a single ATR 42 was additionally operated.[10]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Yangon Airlines information at airlineupdate.com
- ^ a b Anthony Davis and Bruce Hawke. "Business is Blooming". Asiaweek, January 23, 1997 Vol.24 No.3. http://www.singapore-window.org/80123awk.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-14.
- ^ Bertil Lintner. "The Golden Triangle Opium Trade: An Overview". Asia Pacific Media Services, March 2000. http://www.asiapacificms.com/papers/pdf/gt_opium_trade.pdf. Retrieved 2009-01-14.
- ^ Turnell, Sean (2009). Fiery dragons: banks, moneylenders and microfinance in Burma. NIAS Press. pp. 263. ISBN 9788776940409.
- ^ "Investigation Continues into Money Laundering". The Irrawaddy. May 2004. http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=958. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
- ^ Hseng, Sai Zom (25 November 2010). "Yangon Airways Suspends Services". The Irrawaddy. http://www.irrawaddymedia.com/article.php?art_id=20180. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
- ^ Sai Zom Hseng (November 25, 2010). "Yangon Airways Suspends Services". The Irrawaddy. http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=20180. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
- ^ Saw Yan Naing (November 26, 2010). "Suspension of Yangon Airways Part of Regime Plan?". The Irrawaddy. http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=20190. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
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- ^ Yangon Airways fleet history at airfleets.net
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